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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Mark Twain.

2. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Brighton Beach, New York.
(b) Richfield Springs, New York.
(c) Coney Island, New York.
(d) Oyster Bay, New York.

3. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 24.
(d) 26.

4. Where did Theodore Roosevelt enroll to study law after his first marriage?
(a) Columbia School of Law.
(b) Yale School of Law.
(c) Princeton School of Law.
(d) Harvard School of Law.

5. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?
(a) Isaac Hunt.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Charles Patterson.
(d) Seth Bullock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cause of death of Alice Roosevelt following the death of her and Theodore’s daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt?

2. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

3. What did Theodore Roosevelt change the name of his estate at Oyster Bay to after the death of his wife Alice?

4. When Theodore Roosevelt took up sporting with hounds in 1885, he injured himself where on his first trip out?

5. Following the death of his wife and mother, Theodore Roosevelt sold his house and his mother’s and moved his daughter and her caretaker to a smaller place located where in New York City?

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